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Diablo 3 Beta [Beta withdrawal underway!]
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I still don't see any changes. Am I missing something or has this just not been updated yet?
Why does anyone think that I want to stare at their face while they're talking about a game?
AllIsOneIsNone
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Because they're talking about the game and want to be more personable? Maybe you just had a radio growing up, I don't mean to offend.
MrCompletely
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should have titled the video - Diabo 3 for people who speak WoW
So ... my 2 just cents on athene, that other guy and the video that just got posted.
Well, I really don't want to sound arrogant, but basically what he is saying:
-Turn on player names to see your allies.
-Turn on dmg numbers to see how much damage you do.
-And so on and on.
You have to do that to crunch numbers to know if you evaded, blocked or whatever. NO SHIT SHERLOCK? While saying all that he sounds like he just majored@MIT or smth. I guess he really believes his "skills" are somewhat special.
edit: Don't get me wrong. I'm a very competitve person myself. Both in RL as in video games. But this guy is soooo full of shit, jeez.
Well, I really don't want to sound arrogant, but basically what he is saying:
-Turn on player names to see your allies.
-Turn on dmg numbers to see how much damage you do.
-And so on and on.
You have to do that to crunch numbers to know if you evaded, blocked or whatever. NO SHIT SHERLOCK? While saying all that he sounds like he just majored@MIT or smth. I guess he really believes his "skills" are somewhat special.
edit: Don't get me wrong. I'm a very competitve person myself. Both in RL as in video games. But this guy is soooo full of shit, jeez.
This week will be even more of a ride.
Trickster
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Still can't stand listening to that guy. And lol at using Gunnars. Guess he want's to join the league of prestiguous top players such as Catz and Incontrol
Here you go, an entire thread about it. Alternatively you should just use Google, the question has been asked a billion times.
TLDR: Security.
Does your repeat actually include the first step?
Money (and security to a lesser extent). While it would be possible to create two modes, secure (innernet required) and insecure (characters stored locally), I figure that Blizzard would rather focus on an online mode that lets their real-money-auction-house shine. The online-only requirement is also great DRM since so much of the code is stored on the server side.
ape2man
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thx
I find myself writing the sentence faster and faster so I can check the thread more and more. :T
Chittagong
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Dude seems very dedicated, although I can't wrap my head around what he does when the menus flash for a split second. Something related to loot and skills but no idea what and how can he even do that.
truthiness
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Essentially, to keep out cheaters/hackers. They had some shady logic comparing it to Diablo 2 where if you made a solo character, you couldn't just transfer it to an online character because they didn't know if you cheated or not, so you would have had to remake your character into an online character, which sucked. Sounds like a bad excuse, right?
Personally, I think requiring an internet connection really sucks, but I'm probably one of the few with a still unreliable internet connection. This requirement isn't enough to keep me away from the game, but it is definitely a huge negative for me.
AW SHIT
Seriously all I can do, just sleep. Wish I could sleep untill Monday night.
ape2man
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So there checking every action i take. that explains the lag i was getting with the single player beta.
Haha. When I realized it's Monday I'm like HOLY CRAP MONDAY! Oh wait, not THAT Monday.
Next Monday can't come soon enough!
I think it's hilarious that he's so proud of his badly drawn avatar that he has to plaster it everywhere.
Chittagong
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I'm new to Diablo, finished the beta and Torchlight once though. So my question is - what's the correct loot procedure? I got quite a few rare items in the beta , but they usually had worse stats than the stuff I had so I just sold them back to the merchant in town. Given that the price for rare items wasn't that great and that they indeed seem to be 1:50 rare, that seems pointless.
So how do real players deal with stuff they pick up? Pick up everything and keep going back to own when inventory is full? Store rare items in the box? Rather than selling them?
So how do real players deal with stuff they pick up? Pick up everything and keep going back to own when inventory is full? Store rare items in the box? Rather than selling them?
Ignore gray
Pickup whites to vendor as trash if you have room (sell rate is pretty awful compared to gold pickup)
Salvage every single blue or yellow item that is bad
Equip good items
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Torchlight your pet can hold like 50 items or something and you send them to vend stuff for you in dungeon every 2 minutes so it breaks the flow less. I think you just vend in Torchlight everything bad.
AllIsOneIsNone
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Im trying really hard not to get super hyped, seriously. Hype is a weird thing; its like my brain wants to tell me that this thing is going to end all of my problems, void filled, complete contentment. Reason tells me this isnt the case, but hype makes me want to believe, quench that unquenchanle thirst. Id like to let the game come when it comes, enjoy it for what it is, and let myself continue on with more pressing issues in my life.
But dammit, hype is just...well its fucking fun. It seems idle time is blizzards workshop, and el diablo is ready for a piece of my soul!
But dammit, hype is just...well its fucking fun. It seems idle time is blizzards workshop, and el diablo is ready for a piece of my soul!
CarbonatedFalcon
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After the buff to sell price in one of the beta patches, it may also be worth vendoring some of the useless blues if you need the cash and don't need the salvage materials.
I honestly think large amounts of gold will be more valuable than any crafting materials you could get in normal since you have to sink a lot of gold to upgrade the stash and vendors, which are both more important in the long run.
In the mean time, you should learn how to cook various dishes.
I will however be failing my classes due to D3 being a giant distraction despite not being out.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Excellent thinking!
Don't sink gold into the stash, use it for crafting and building up an early advantage on the AH. use alts has mules if you have to, the stash is a giant gold sink that you don't need to fall into.
Chittagong
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Cool, thanks. Wasn't familiar with the salvage mechanic, sounds great because with all this talk of rare drops I was afraid I would just waste some crazy item for 200 monies, but getting rare raw material out of them seems like the way to benefit. Need to get those recipes then, too. So much stuff could be just ignored in the beta.
They made it even easier in the second one. You can hide white items from even showing up and you can send your pet to pick stuff up directly.
With blues selling for paltry amounts and gold dropping like candy, I don't know. Any gold savings you build up in Normal will be very minimal, so you might as well gamble on some items to help you level faster imo.
If you need gold to craft then go right ahead, just make sure you have a healthy stock of crafting mats and gold. I found myself about even and broke on both gold and mats when I was crafting.
Experience will be the most important thing in normal. The faster you gain experience the faster you get to the expensive loot, and thus more gold.
I'll probably hoard gold until the RMAH opens and we can see what the value ends up being. One person that has upgraded their crafting should be able to do a lot of the early level crafting for a group that plays together, so you can always keep at least current level gear (if none is dropping for you). They may have an advantage later when the higher level crafting comes into play, but then again, their money/material sink may be so high that the resulting decent items they get may not be that spectacular (for instance, I made over a hundred flamberge's, and got maybe 10 really good ones, 20 reasonable ones, and then 70 pieces of junk). Letting other people take the risk may not be a horrible idea, depending on how much the items go for. This potentially shifts when rare blacksmith items come into play (where you need the rare plans to make them) but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
My sentiments exactly. Since they aren't opening the RMAH on day one, there is really no reason to hold onto items that people might have beensucked into looking to purchase on day one. Maybe the best lower level loot should be saved (on alts) for the potential influx of people buying the game late (and looking for an advantage) but plowing ahead is the number one goal.
Edit: Number two goal rather, with goal number one being fun.
My sentiments exactly. Since they aren't opening the RMAH on day one, there is really no reason to hold onto items that people might have been
Edit: Number two goal rather, with goal number one being fun.
cybercircuit1
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/4876967961
Looks like I'm unplugging the computer next Monday.
Looks like I'm unplugging the computer next Monday.
If the CE artbook has spoilers, and the CE artbook is already in the hands of players all over the place, you might want to unplug the internet now.
cybercircuit1
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Ugh, forgot the CE was out in the wild. Guess I'll refrain from browsing anything D3 related.
INCORRECT.
Although I've been toying with the idea of playing at a fast pace, but just not flat out skipping everything now.
Probably like listening to bits of story lines here and there on the main quest and spamming space/esc on everything else.
Who wants to play with me 24 hours on launch?
INCORRECT.
Although I've been toying with the idea of playing at a fast pace, but just not flat out skipping everything now.
Probably like listening to bits of story lines here and there on the main quest and spamming space/esc on everything else.
Who wants to play with me 24 hours on launch?
You've got my hand crossbows...until my wrist falls off about ten hours after launch.
I'm planning to play until I drop
a deuce, at which point I'm going to need a break.
you aren't poopsocking? not hardcore
I decided that I could either pee bottle, or poopsock; Not both. I choose the thing that is likely to happen more often.
Who wants to play with me 24 hours on launch?
I want to so badly
Damn you work, damn you!
10 hours? For shame.
Talked to boss, getting 2 days if not 3 off. So flexible.I want to so badly
It would literally take equal amounts of time for me either way due to my en suite bathroom. Trying to fit myself into a pee bottle securely enough that I could be sure nothing would spill would take longer than just standing up, taking five steps, and using the actual restroom.
I may go in the sink though, because flushing means a hand wash and hand washing takes valuable time.
I'm obviously joking
I fully expect the game to go down when people wake up, so 10 is probably a good estimate of how much actual playing time will be had.
If it stays up, I'm playing until I fall asleep at my chair. My cellphone is going off, and it's going to be as if I were dead to the outside world.
Outdoor Miner
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Why hasn't anyone thought of using adult diapers? Need to pee? Go 'head, you don't even have to take your hands of the kb/mouse.
ThatStupidLion
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longest week ever..... HUNNNNNNNGHHHHHHH
anyone have suggestions of things to do to pass time (besides work)?
anyone have suggestions of things to do to pass time (besides work)?
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